Senators don’t expect an easy night

‘And the Senators already know all too well what Buffalo can accomplish with a banged-up team, having lost to such a Sabres squad in the playoffs last spring. The Senators also didn’t let injuries slow them down recently, thriving when centres Jason Spezza, Mike Fisher and Antoine Vermette went down with injuries at Christmas. “Arguably one of the strongest points of our season came when we were decimated with injuries,” said Spezza. “We know it first hand.”‘